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Please leave comments if you like it. About
algoza: This musical instrument called Algoza
comprises of two flutes with only 5 tones of
the musical octave. It is popular in deep
rural Punjab, India and Punjab, Pakistan. It
is played by farmers during crop harvesting
season. It can also be heard from great
distances on farms along with barks of stray
village dogs during dusk. It is decorated
with colorful strings and is played while
wearing typical punjabi farmer colorful
attire.
This instrument is getting out of fashion,
hard to buy even in punjab,India, even harder
to find a coach to get training. Though some
UK based bands have used it in their albums
in recent years. I was obsessed with it since
my childhood, 15 years ago had a chance to
find a teacher. My coach- Tara Chand, was a
frustrated man living a hard life unable to
make a living out of playing the instrument.
He taught me the technique of circular
breathing vital to supply continuous stream
of air to two flutes. The beauty of the
instrument is resonance and beats created by
flutes emitting sound at different pitches. I
am proud I am able to preserve the legacy.
The song I was playing-Jugni is very
touching. It is about an innocent village
girl, who is wowed and confused when she
happens to visit a city. She sees other girls
wearing western dresses, shunning traditional
values, sees tall sky scapers, she is
confused between the values she has teen
taught and values she sees people practising
in cities. This song was written in 1960s,
various singers redefined the song according
to prevailing social context.
Gurmeet Bawa is one of the first punjabi
singers to incorporate its tones in her songs
especially-Jugni.
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